1humour:
(
c.1300;
MS: s.xivin
)
(headache) avient en divers lus de la teste solonc les quatre complexions
ii 137
(
1266-1300;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
Et sourdent ces .iiii. complexxions
[
sic] de .iiii. humours du cors
312
♦
temperament:
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
L’aage, la complexion, la region, la diete, le tens de l’an […]
i 183
(
1267;
MS: c.1300
)
cil k’ad la complexiun En armonie […]
6662
(
1266-1300;
MS: c.1300
)
om use bonnes viandes et boires convenables et acordans a sa nature et a sa complection
79.215
(
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
Veyr […] est atempré e de oel complexion
352
2character, temperament:
(
s.xiiex;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Por le viltage de lor complexion
175
(
s.xiv1;
MS: s.xivm
)
Cely q’ad mene complexion [...] est [...] de bone memorye et bone composicion et de bon engyn
16
3physical constitution or nature:
(
s.xiiex;
MS: s.xiiim
)
(why JC felt his torments more than other people would) Kar il n'out complexiun si de sa mere nun, e le plus si fu tendre; kar si de charnel pere fust venu e de mere, sa peine ust esté mendre
138.105
4(facial) complexion:
(
c.1300;
MS: s.xivin
)
[…] ke vus conoistret par roujor de la face e par la complexion
ii 148
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